A million feet of Scottish film now saved

At the end of three-year digitisation project, the archive has
transferred 420 hours of original film to digital videotape. This
means that 2,800 titles are available to the public for the first
time.

Restoring damaged film

Funded by the Heritage Lottery
Fund, the project allowed the archive to set up a digital
restoration facility. Staff now use cutting-edge techniques to
restore damaged films.The first film to be completed using the new
technology was The Wedding of the 4th Marquess of Bute, a
private film made in 1905.

Watch clips online

You can watch around 1,000 film clips on the revamped Scottish Screen Archive website. All
the new titles are included in the online access catalogue, where
you can search and browse a wide range of subjects, such as: